Task: This article will outline the differences between the paid for professional services available for captioning and those captioning services that Teaching and Learning Technologies offers.
Instructions
Professional Services:
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Requested through Student Accessibility Services (SAS)
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The professional caption costs money. It is paid for by central funds so the individual academic department isn't paying
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Costs is $60 per hour
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There are also some established turn around times, etc as part of the professional service.
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The professional services can also do multiple languages
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Typically used when a student in class has registered with SAS
Teaching and Learning Technologies Services:
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Machine captioning is done automatically and is ~80% accurate. Machine captioning may need to be cleaned up.
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Request edits by submitting a ticket here: TLT Captioning Service
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The TLT caption cost is Free.
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Turnaround times are approximately +/- 48 hours
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TLT can not caption foreign languages
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TLT reserves the right to review and/or deny any captioning requests, in particular, due to any technical issues (audio quality, etc) that may inhibit our ability to caption.
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Captions will be ~99% accurate
Need additional help?
Please fill out the Lecture Capture web form with as much information as possible or contact the Technology Help Desk on your local campus.